Summer garden is lovely. Of course I like every season English garden but I think that a summer garden with colorful flowers is like a casket. I visited Chelsea Physic Garden because one of my Japanese friends recommended that it was the second oldest botanical garden in Britain, after the University of Oxford Botanic Garden, which was founded in 1621. It gave me the impression of The Secret Garden by Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett. I enjoyed a glass of lemonade at the garden cafe.

●　Chelsea Physic Garden

During summer I make a variety of dishes with summer vegetables. Seasonal foods are not only tasty but also reasonable and good for health. Summer vegetable with Chinese chili sauce is one of staple dishes for us. It goes well with rice and beer.

Seasonal flowers make me happy. Especially I like a bouquet of wildflowers. Buying a bouquet at a farmer's market is one of my favorite things.

An enamel milk pail from France with dill.

When summer comes, I feel I want to look at David Hockney paintings. Bright and deep colors give me energy. This art book which I found at a secondhand bookshop contains some amazing paintings of still lifes. Especially I like a painting of vegetables, cauliflowers, carrots, broccoli and cabbage, on a plate. I purposely leave the book open on a console table.

I'm happy when I see a squirrel in a park.